Sleeping Dogs by James C. Clar Honolulu, 1942 The ceiling fan spun lazily overhead, pushing stale, smoky…
Unhinged by David Margolin The rebellion could not have started more inconspicuously—an errant paper clip delivered the…
State Lines by T.C. Sundberg The first reporter calls the morning after I show Carl what I…
In Pinato Ink by Fred Nolan There’s this raised nasty red thing on daddy’s arm. It’s got…
After I Met Her at the A&P by Keith Parker The last time I saw her was…
The Devil’s Cat by Shari Wilder Haruto sat in a cozy chair at Akuma Corner, a different café…
Bargain With The Black by James Meyer It kills me. Not the sharp brutality of the winter…
Ten Years after the War by Barry Garelick “I left Cou Falls around the time when ‘Johnny’s…
The Visitor by Frederick Foote The evening shadows grow longer; the early night birds announce their arrival,…
Justice By Floyd Largent Manny yawned as death screamed toward him, all glistening white fangs, leathery skin,…
Enga’s Song By Sandra Anthony Do you believe in destiny? That invisible line that pulls us onward…
A Song for the Silent by Storm Lomax The greatest cleric ever known once cured the ills…
Johnny the Trumpet Player by Kofi Akan Brown The trumpet blared through the walls nonstop. Will tossed…
Operation Midnight Jazz by Otis Johnson 1. Santa Cruz, Friday, August 19, 1966 “I can feel…
Around the Bend by Mehreen Ahmed It was evening by the time I got home. As I…
The Cave Of The Skull by John Engle The early October air swept down the mountains of…
Smoke in a Bottle by Kristoph Kosicki The saloon When a man goes missing out here, you…
The Ornithologist and Teddy Roosevelt by Jen Mengarelli The space between them was vast. Wren was lost…
I Got You This Vietnamese Mossy Frog by Kate Maxlow Hey, Emma, thanks again for coming to…
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Into the Fray by Paul Stapleton During my brief tenure bagging sand in the quarry, we would…
Fishing with Nick by Peter J Barbour Catching fish was never enough for Nick. If you didn’t…
The Figures in the Forest by Thorbjørn Pihl Dense woods and orange leaves flew past on either…
Against the Blank Sky by Billy Ramone I “He won’t know you,” Warden Stone said as he…
One of Each by Paul Kimm I’ve moved back home because of my father’s health, and my…